US Citizenship Podcast

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

N-400 Part 18 Detailed Review: Oath of Allegiance

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All Thirty N-400 Section Practice Interviews Based on the USCIS Application for Naturalization

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Monday, May 20, 2024

N-400 Part 12k Detailed Review: Question 45-50

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All Thirty N-400 Section Practice Interviews Based on the USCIS Application for Naturalization

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Sunday, May 19, 2024

An American Pentecost

American Pentecost: A Citizenship Quiz about Languages in America
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An American Pentecost:

We are American Indians, Native Alaskans, Europeans, Latinos, Africans, Arabs, Asians, Pacific Islanders-- yet all of us hear America speaking in our own languages about FREEDOM!

For more info about languages spoken in America:

Slate: Tagalog in California, Cherokee in Arkansas: What language does your state speak? By Ben Blatt (great graphics)

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2014/05/language_map_what_s_the_most_popular_language_in_your_sta te.html

Wikipedia: Languages of the United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States

Voting Rights Act Sect 203

Section 203 targets those language minorities that have suffered a history of exclusion from the political process: Spanish, Asian, Native American, and Alaskan Native. The Census Bureau identifies specific language groups for specific jurisdictions.

Section 203 says that jurisdictions (cities, counties, states) shall provide election materials in the language of the applicable minority group as well as in the English language.

Sources:

DOJ: MINORITY LANGUAGE CITIZENS: Section 203 of the voting Rights Act

https://www.justice.gov/crt/language-minority-citizens

US Census: Voting Rights Determination File

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/voting-rights/voting-rights-determination-file.html

GPO: Federal Registrar: Voting Rights Act Amendments of 2006, Determinations Under Section 203

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/12/08/2021-26547/voting-rights-act-amendments-of-2006-determinations-under-section-203#:~:text=Section%20203%20mandates%20that%20a,process%2C%E2%80%9D%20and%20if%20the%20rate

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Why do left and right have political meaning?

VOA News: Why do left and right have political meaning?

The divide between left and right is one of the most fundamental markers in politics. But have you ever stopped to think about why we use those directional terms to describe ideological camps? This terminology traces back to the seating arrangements of French revolutionaries over 200 years ago.

Do you view politics from the left? Or the right?

How did directions get connected to political beliefs?

In the beginning, it described where you sat.

After the Revolution of 1789, the French National Assembly argued over a new constitution.

Anti-royalist revolutionaries disagreed with conservative, aristocratic supporters of the monarchy.

They arranged themselves in groups inside the assembly chamber -- revolutionaries on the left side of the presiding officer, conservatives on the right.

The seating arrangement continued on and off over the years.

But by the mid-1800s, journalists were using left and right as shorthand to describe political viewpoints.

The practice continues to this day.

Far left and far right depict political extremes, while centrists are moderates who take positions in the middle.